"Tick ...... Tick ......"

In the dim and damp cavern, only the battery supports a small 5W light bulb to provide light for the cave. Through the dim light, one could see that in this room-sized cave stone house, there were several staff officers looking through a detailed map of the jungle, and from time to time whispering some opinions and making notes in their notebooks.

At the top of the cave, a young man with a strong beard, dressed in a grass-green military uniform, dressed as an officer, with a pistol pinned to his waist, was smoking a paper cigarette in his hand. The cave was obviously not deep, and people could still hear the sound of torrential rain outside.

The smoke of cigarettes mixed with the humid air, the bearded youth's demeanor, which was more mature than his age, seemed to be impenetrable in his eyes. The eyes that look at the void give people a sense of incomprehensibility.

The officer stood up, shook off the droplets of water dripping on his uniform, and walked out of the cave.

"General!"

The two guards were about to follow, but the young officer preexpectedly reached behind him to stop them.

"General!"

The young officer walked all the way from the dim cave, and there were many soldiers with guns on the way, and when they saw him, they all stood up and saluted with guns, and the torches inserted in the rock wall reflected the faces of each soldier, and the yellow race, typical Orientals, revealed a murderous aura that did not match their age. The young officer also returned the salute all the way, and he always maintained his heartfelt respect for these soldiers. Even though some of them are Chinese, some are just ethnic minorities in Myanmar.

The cave was not too deep, and although it went around and around, the young officer quickly walked to a camouflaged cave and waved to the guards next to him, who saluted and left for the time being.

The entrance to the cave is well placed, and the mountains and rivers formed by the rainstorm outside happen to rush down from both sides of the hole, and only the occasional splash of raindrops can drift into the hole, and the tropical rainforest plants growing near the hole just happen to hide the existence of the hole.

The entrance to the cave is located very high, halfway up this tropical mountain forest, and when you look north from here, you can see the torrential rain pouring between heaven and earth, the vast rain world, and the mountains in the mist and rain.

"The rain in my hometown is very different from the rain in Myanmar."

The young general smoked a cigarette, felt the moist air entering his lungs, still not the smell of his hometown, shook his head, and exhaled a circle of smoke. Looking at the whole tropical jungle silently, I didn't come back to my senses until the smoke burned to my hand.

Raise your wrist and look at the new watch bought from my hometown, the thunder watch, in addition to the accurate time, it is waterproof, shockproof and corrosion-proof, and has a perpetual calendar and a double subdial of the lunar calendar, which is a high-end watch produced in China, and meets various conditions for field use.

"Time flies, June 1935. Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, ten years have passed. ”

The young general unconsciously touched his chin, the beard on it was already old, almost thirty years old, but he had experienced the killing and fighting that many people could not experience, and he had actually lived for ten years in this vast jungle at the junction of Burma, Thailand, and Laos.

"I haven't seen the dean for seven years, is he okay, I heard No. 178 say that he is now the most prestigious leader of the entire Chinese people, and he is the leader of China. I heard that he is in the country, and he is like a god......" The young general closed his eyes slightly, remembering the time of eight years, that ordinary evening.

The young general easily remembered the last side he had seen eight years ago.

He was slightly taller than himself, not burly but very strong, when he was in the orphanage, a group of orphanage instructors couldn't beat him alone.

He can be intimidating occasionally, as he always carries a lot of mysterious aura on him. But he will make people want to be close to them infinitely, especially the children in the orphanage, because he always carries a kind of fatherly sincerity and selflessness.

"Huazhong, be careful in everything......"

He still remembered that this was the last thing the dean said to himself before he left, which surprised him but was extremely moved.

Many times, he couldn't tell whether he was fighting to repay him for changing his destiny and allowing his humble life to become extraordinary, or whether he was infected by his lofty ambition and determined to join him, follow him, and pay for the revival of China.

Perhaps, it is because of his admirable personal charm, maybe because of the fatherly love he carries in him, or maybe because his ambition is equally fascinating.

But no matter what, he knew that what the dean said, he would definitely do it, and he would definitely do it 100 percent desperately, even if it was death.

At that meeting, he only gave the dean a few broken stones, and now he is looking forward to the next meeting, he can give the dean a bigger gift, that is: a mission that is 100% completed!!

Because of this mission, I came to the Golden Triangle and stayed for ten years.

In the past ten years, in the first two years, with the help of his homeland, he pulled up his own team and recruited a group of elite teams from China who were loyal, not afraid of death, and had received basic training. On the basis of this elite team, more indigenous armies were gathered.

During this decade, he defeated several British raids. He built factories and sold them to the United States, to Great Britain, to Germany, to France...... With his efforts over the years, he has recovered a lot of justice for his ancient and miserable homeland, as well as the gold needed for development, a frightening amount of gold, although not as much as the gold they had stolen from China with opium, but the same amount of money.

In the past ten years, he has gone from a nobody who broke into Myanmar to the only giant in the Golden Triangle with more than 2,000 soldiers, more than a dozen factories of all sizes and seven high-grade jadeite rough mines.

In this decade, his enemies changed from poisonous snakes, Burmese natives, jungles, and disease to British colonists.

"General Takutada!"

A man's careful voice came from behind him, Hua Zhong lost his mind for a moment, ten years, with the special training he had undergone and the habits he had already developed in the past ten years, he should have been calm and composed, but at that moment just now, maybe he sank too deep into his memory, he almost didn't realize who this General Tuozhong was referring to. But in an instant, he realized that Tuo Chung was his Thai name: a "mother" was Thai, and a "father" was a Burmese half-race.

And the voice behind him was one of his 'cronies', a Burmese, and one of his three battalion commanders, Boon Ren.

"Wenren, you're here."

Wen Ren's canvas raincoat had not yet been taken off, his face was covered with undried muddy water, he wiped his face, and said to Hua Zhong, "General Tuozhong, this batch of No. 2 goods is going well, and it took several Americans and the British to grab it for a long time to determine the share." And we follow the old rule that whoever can give the full amount of gold will give the goods. ”

"Didn't get into any trouble, did you?" Hua Zhong nodded, looking at Wenren's relaxed appearance, he knew that the gold must have been secretly transported back to the Golden Triangle base. This Wenren was rescued with a bullet from the knife of a local snake eight years ago, when he had just returned to the Golden Triangle from China. Although his mission told him that he could not trust anyone in the entire Golden Triangle except for No. 178, this Wenren was extremely admired and loyal to him.

"No, the British don't care about these things at all, they don't care about cargo No. 1 and No. 2 at all, they only care about our more than two thousand guns forever. I had just sent this batch of gold bars back to the base, and when I heard that the general had come out to lure the British army in person, I came with my men, and I was able to catch up. When it comes to the British army, Wen Ren has a deep disgust, over the years, although his brothers have killed many British soldiers, there are also casualties.

Hua Zhong nodded, three days ago, he got a report from the deputy battalion commander of Wenren's battalion that everything was normal in this transaction, and he knew everything about Wenren, just because the deputy battalion commander of Wenren was a real cronie arranged by himself.

"Although the rainstorm held back the British troops, the British commanders also saw it as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to destroy us. Five miles away from here, in the Dead Man's Gully Pass, there was a regiment of British troops camped to hide from the rain. Hua Zhong smiled lightly, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, as if evoking a deathly smile.

"A regiment of British troops! General, we only have 2,000 people in total, are you sure? Otherwise, the general will go back to the base first, and I will lead the team to fight with them. Wen Ren said with some concern.

"It's fine. In the past, we always had a small fight with the British, just to avoid exposing all our strength, but this time, ......" Hua Zhong kept looking north as he spoke, and the cigarette he had just smoked from the cigarette case was clenched in the palm of his hand and crushed into tobacco powder.

Wen Ren was secretly surprised, it seemed that the general had made some kind of determination, and this time he was going to teach the British a lesson that he would never forget.

Hua Zhong turned around, patted Wen Ren's shoulder, tidied up his military uniform, and said earnestly, "Wen Ren, you are one of my closest people, you have to work more carefully. The burden on you will be heavier in the future. Go ahead, go down and rest for a while, as soon as the rain stops, the lure operation will begin again. ”

"Yes, General."

Wen Ren turned around and left after saluting, his savior, the general of the Golden Triangle region, has always been shrouded in a mysterious aura, from the team of a few people when he followed him back then, to the team of thousands of people today, everything is like a dream.

"Report, General, Base Emergency!"

At this time, a soldier hurriedly came over with a telegram and saluted.

"Hmm."

Hua Zhong had never had the habit of letting others help him read the telegram, perhaps from the habit of training in China, and when he took the telegram, he saw that it was only a few simple sentences, but it was not a text, but a kind of cipher code that he was familiar with.

However, he was specially trained to read the real message from this specially encrypted telegram without relying on a translator.

Because, this telegram was personally taken by 178, who had been working with him for ten years.

"Everything is ready, and the operation will begin as soon as the rain stops."

The ambush circle has long been prepared, and now, the telegram of 178 also proves that the north is ready, and all that is left to do now is for him, the general, to personally and foolproofly lead the British to the ambush circle.

You must know that the British troops in this regiment are already the most powerful British troops in the vicinity, and if you want to send troops again, you must transfer troops from the China-Burma border, or from the vicinity of Yangon.

And now, the North is ready, and this will be the golden opportunity that Huazhong has chosen.

"Lieutenant Colonel, according to the reconnaissance report of the scouts, in the rainforest 2 kilometers ahead, traces of the Tuozhong troops were found." In the jungles of northern Burma, in the ditches of the dead, deep in the jungle, under the tents that were urgently erected, there were British soldiers or Indian big brothers hiding from each other, and the big ones were almost overwhelming by the heavy rain, and it was still unbearable through the dense forest. There was no tent to hide, so I had to squat under the banana tree and wear a raincoat to hide from the rain.

Lieutenant Colonel Figg, who was hiding under one of the strongest tents in a one-piece raincoat, was looking at a simple map, and when he heard the staff officer's report, he took out his pen and quickly drew two circles in two locations on the map, connecting the two dots with a line.

"This is our position, this is Tuozhong's position, this time, we must catch Tuozhong."

Figg is a new British lieutenant colonel transferred to Burma, he doesn't know how this Tuozhong started, let alone why Tuozhong wants to oppose the British, only that he and the British army are old rivals, there are always one or two battles within a year, and the two sides have their own victories and defeats. But in any case, after seven or eight years, the British army has never been able to defeat them, and even the hinterland of the Golden Triangle, his so-called base, cannot be entered. The jungle, the miasma, the disease, the beasts, the poisonous snakes, the chaotic indigenous forces, these were all reasons to thwart the British attack. But this time, Lieutenant Colonel Figg received an order from his superiors that there was definite information that Tuo Zhong was inspecting the jade mines near the Dead Man's Gully, and the Far Eastern Army Command asked him to lead this Calcutta regiment to eliminate Tuo Zhong and capture him.

Although the Calcutta regiment lost all its artillery due to the torrential rain and the rapid march, Fig believed that a full regiment would be enough to storm into the heart of the Golden Triangle.

These damned Indians, with their advanced rifles and heavy machine guns in their hands, can't they even deal with a single native Tuozhong?

The rain soon stopped, and Figg personally made a general mobilization for the troops, "I am honored to announce the order from the Far East Command for everyone, kill Tataka and reward 5,000 pounds. If you can capture him alive, you will be rewarded with 20,000 pounds......"

Simple and effective encouragement, Lieutenant Colonel Figg looked with satisfaction at the Indians in raincoats, screaming for the possible impending bounty, and his heart was full of confidence though he had indescribable disgust.

No matter how stupid they are, but with their own command, a pig will turn into a Spanish bull.

The British army was quickly marched, and at a speed far greater than before, and the Indians, for a huge bounty, frantically advanced through the dense forests, regardless of the unreceding water, and the water flowed and the forest drilled. The distance of five miles was soon broken by these Indians who were fascinated by money.

"There are enemies ahead!"

When he saw that there seemed to be a figure flickering in the mountains and forests in the distance, the three big brothers of India who were running at the front finally couldn't help the excitement in their hearts, and aimed indiscriminately, and it was a shot from afar.

"Bang!"

"Hit !!"

When Hua Zhong stood on this hill surrounded by mountains on three sides, looking at the encirclement terrain with only one exit, in front of the ambush circle was a rare open field in the jungle, and at this time, the open land was full of Indian third brother who was screaming and charging with a rifle.

After luring the enemy for seven or eight miles, Hua Zhong finally led the team to introduce this Indian regiment of the British army into the ambush circle.

With a fierce wave of his hand, Hua Zhong gave an order, and the ambush battle finally began.

"Gunshots?"

When Lieutenant Colonel Fig heard the gunshot, he was slightly stunned, but then he was overjoyed, he knew that Tuozhong and his troops could not escape, and now they should be dying to fight back.

He happily raised his binoculars, plucked the banana leaves in front of him, and looked through the dense forest towards the mountain.

"Da Da Da ......"

Suddenly, more than a dozen tongues of fire suddenly appeared on the hill, and before the Indian three brothers who were climbing the slope came to their senses, they were swept down a large area, and suddenly, the entire open ground was full of flying flesh and blood, and more than ten heavy machine guns were shooting at close range, harvesting the surnames of the three big brothers who did not have the protection of the Indian gods, like mowing grass.

Call! At the same time as the heavy machine gun fired, more than twenty black egg-sized objects flew out of the dense forest and fell into the middle of the three big Indian brothers who were in a mess below, holding their heads and squatting on the ground trembling in fright.

"Boom ......"

Almost at the same time, several short, muffled voices rang out over the dense forest, and then a few things with white smoke fell to the slope in front of the hill with a bang.

"Bang...... Bang......"

Crisp gunfire, dense rifle fire also rang out at the same time.

Fig froze as the telescope slipped out of his hand and fell into the muddy water. "Heavy machine gun...... Hand grenade...... Mortar ......"

But in an instant, he came to his senses, because the staff officer was shouting beside him with blood on his face, "Lieutenant Colonel, we have encountered an ambush, and Tuozhong's ambush ......"

"Retreat, retreat!!"

Lieutenant Colonel Fig kicked the staff officer in front of him to the ground, and then shouted and ordered to retreat, the experience of the soldiers told him that there was at least one battalion of troops on the mountain, and then looked at the terrain in front of him, and then he suddenly realized that he actually led a regiment into an ambush circle by the enemy.

In fact, there was no need for him to order, under the fierce fire that could make them scare out urine, the three big brothers in India all ran backwards and stumbled, only hating that they didn't bring a few bottles of Indian god oil and drank them as physical strength potions.

However, just twenty minutes later, Fig got another piece of bad news.

"Lieutenant Colonel, there is also an ambush ahead."

Figger frantically punched the palm tree beside him, and there was an ambush behind him, and there was also an enemy in front of him, and he was not only ambushed, but also surrounded.

"Damn, Tuo Chung is just a cheap Thai-Burmese mongrel, how can he understand such complex tactics?" Fig figured out the origin of the whole thing after a little analysis, and he guessed a possibility. It was not his own fault, but the Far East Command was deceived by false information at the beginning, and then it was this Tuozhong who lured the British army to pursue it with himself. Then there was a clever ambush, followed by a siege...... These things seem simple, but Figg knows that if he changes himself as a lieutenant colonel of the regular army, he may not be able to do it so well, and he will let himself be fooled without warning. Such tactics are simple to say, but from the entire starting layout, to mastering the rhythm of being pursued, choosing the terrain for ambush, preparing a large number of heavy weapons, and arranging the encirclement force, it requires considerable military literacy.

And this Tuozhong is just an indigenous. This is also the reason why he was easily deceived, he didn't expect that this native was so bold and dared to surround a regiment. Of course, Fig didn't expect that he had so many heavy weapons.

"Damn, all we need to do now is get out."

Lieutenant Colonel Fig had no time to accuse himself of underestimating his opponent, and he didn't have time to reflect, what he needed to do was to lead the team out and not wait to be taken prisoner.

A regiment of troops seems to be a lot, but that is when the battle is going well, these Indians, he knows best, are all lowly in his eyes, messy, and cannot be counted on at all.

And the most important thing is that no one knows how many enemies have surrounded them.

The next day, the British Far East Command, the senior officers of the Far East Army collectively went into a rage.

"Immediately, immediately, mobilize troops on the Burmese border to rescue Fig's Calcutta regiment."

The lives of the Indians did not matter, but the Calcutta Regiment had more than 200 British [***] officers, staff officers, military doctors, and other personnel, and if a regiment were exterminated by the natives, it would be a great shame for the British.

Others don't care if it's an Indian regiment or a Kazan regiment, they only know that this is the Empire's servant army, and if the servant army is defeated, that is, the empire is defeated.

However, five minutes after the order was given, the command again received a telegram that made them furious.

"Your Excellency, it has been confirmed that late yesterday, a platoon of the Mumbai regiment stationed on the China-Myanmar border was detained by the Chinese for suspected smuggling. Chinese the border garrison troops stationed in Ruili, the 3rd Regiment of the 99th Division immediately declared a state of actual combat alert and demanded that we immediately hand over all the personnel involved in the case, otherwise all means, including military action, will be taken to maintain the ......"

On the third day, at the Dalazi Pass near the Dead Man's Gully, thousands of Indian soldiers finally could not bear the horror of being surrounded, and despite the stop of Lieutenant Colonel Fig, they raised their rifles above their heads, bravely walked out of the jungle, and blocked the only retreat with heavy machine guns outside, preparing to surrender to the more than 1,000 Tuozhong officers and soldiers who had surrounded them for a long time.

Lieutenant Colonel Figg was the last to come out of the jungle, and in just two days, the lieutenant colonel's face was swollen and he didn't know what he had suffered.

Three days later, General Tuo Chung on the Burmese side of the Golden Triangle announced to the whole of Burma that in order to resist the brutal colonial rule of the British, he would form the Burmese Reading Army.

(To be continued)